Contents

Part One: The Sense of Sound

• 10. New Notes for Old Instruments

Part Two: The Music of Words

• 3. The Librettist's Lament

Part Three: Composing Mortals

• 4. Wagner Takes the Stage

Part Four: The States of Music

• 8. Reverberations of 1968

Envoi: In Search of an Ending

• 2. It Tolls for Thee

Index

see also:

• introduction
• publication details and contents
• excerpts from the book